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LOS ANGELES - JUNE 12: BTS performs during 'The Late Late Show with James Corden,' Tuesday, June 12, 2018 (12:35 PM-1:37 AM ET/PT) On the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Terence Patrick/CBS via Getty Images)

Saturday Night Live announced announced three new episode hosts and musical guests. The top-rated comedy sketch show revealed Sandra Oh will make her hosting debut on its March 30 show with Tame Impala performing. The April 6 show will feature Kit Harington and Sara Bareilles, both their first times on the show. Finally, BTS will make their musical debut on SNL for an episode where Emma Stone—a self-declared K-pop fan herself—hosts the April 13 episode . Crucially, the boy band's new Map of the Soul: Persona drops just a day before the show.

SNL is a highly coveted stage for any performer with the ability to bring an artist to new heights of their career—a pre-fame Adele performing on a late 2008 episode went on to the highest-rated episode in 14 years and sent her 19 album to new highs on the charts. The stage is also notoriously difficult to play with it sometimes fumbling with stars' careers, if just temporarily (e.g. Lana Del Rey, Ashlee Simpson).

Still, landing SNL is a major opportunity typically given to artists who are either eyed by its bookers in line to be a "next big thing" as well as musicians who can master the live stage. Performances on the historical comedy show can range from anything acoustic and stripped down (Rihanna premiering her ballad "Stay" on the show undoubtedly helped the single start strong) and to highly artistic (see Halsey's recent "Eastside" performance where she painted a jumbo-sized portrait or anything Kanye West has done). While we don't have any indication of what kind of music will be included on the forthcoming Persona, it will be particularly interesting to see what BTS brings to the stage.

All to say, there's many ways BTS could approach their SNL debut and equally many ways for it to be devoured up by an excited and curious audience. Saturday Night Live made the announcement of its three new hosts and musical guests on Twitter.